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Dodge Dakota 1999 Complaint

Complaint about SUSPENSION : FRONT : CONTROL ARM : UPPER BALL JOINT

EAU CLAIRE, WI

Consumer Complaint:
1999 DODGE DAKOTA-UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. NOTICE A CLANKING NOISE DURING ROUGH ROADS AND IN TURNS. IN ICY CONDITIONS, THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CAN BE POOR. PROLONGED WEAR CAN CAUSE THE ENTIRE WHEEL TO FALL OFF AT ANY SPEEDS. I HAVE BEEN ON MANY OTHER FORUMS TO SEE IF ANY ONE ELSE HAS HAD TO REPLACE THESE. IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY FREQUENT THING FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE TO REPLACE THESE. UPON REMOVAL OF THE BALL JOINTS, I DISCOVERED THAT THEY WERE MISSING ONE THING THAT KEEPS THEM FROM WEARING OUT....GREASE. NEW UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE TO BE REPLACED ASAP BEFORE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OCCURS.*AK

Date of Incident:
20041122